Information for Radio Amateurs
This page is dedicated to the amateur radio community and lists information related to our SONATE-2 mission.
Please contact sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de for any questions regarding SONATE-2 amateur radio operations.
Two Line Elements (TLE) for SONATE-2
The official NORAD-ID of SONATE-2 is 59112 and its international deignator is 2024-043Q. Current TLE information can also be found on the CelesTrak website.
[Updated 20.03.2024]
SONATE 2
1 59112U 24043Q 24079.48337772 .00008819 00000+0 46062-3 0 9990
2 59112 97.4643 204.5389 0015073 244.9301 115.0367 15.16043129 2202
Radio Links
CW beacon:
A few minutes after separation a beacon transmitting the satellite's callsign DP0SNX will be activated.
Frequency: 145.840 MHz
Modulation: Morse code CW (A1A)
Interval: 30 sec
Telemetry downlink:
During passes over our ground stations in Germany the telemetry downlink will be activated.
Frequency: 437.025 MHz
Modulation: 9k6 G3RUH GMSK (F1D)
Protocol: AX.25
The protocol format used for encoding the telemetry frames can be found >>here<<.
Recorded AX.25 frames can be forwarded to sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de
After commissioning of the satellite, the amateur radio payloads will be activated. Their activation will be announced on our Twitter account https://twitter.com/JMUSpace/. Planned are the following:
SSTV downlink:
Regular downlink of images captured by the on-board cameras
Frequency: 145.880 MHz
Modulation: Martin M1 SSTV FM (F3F)
APRS digipeater:
APRS digipeater in half-duplex operation. The digipeater will NOT be active directly after the launch until further notice. When activated, it will regularly transmit a greeting message.
Frequency: 145.825 MHz Up/Down
Modulation: 1k2 AFSK (F2D)
Protocol: AX.25
SSTV Schedule
SSTV Transmission Schedule (last Update: 28.03.2024)
SSTV Easter Weekend 2024
(All times are UTC)
Please contact sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de for any questions regarding SONATE-2 amateur radio operations.
Australia | ||||
Central 28.03.2024 17:13:00 | East+NZ 29.03.2024 02:13:00 | |||
Asia | ||||
South East 28.03.2024 18:55:00 | East 29.03.2024 05:05:00 | Central, India 28.03.2024 20:35:00 | Middle East 29.03.2024 11:23:00 | |
Europe | ||||
West 29.03.2024 01:27:00 | Central 31.03.2024 00:59:00 | East 29.03.2024 12:55:00 | ||
North America | ||||
West 28.03.2024 22:41:00 | Central 28.03.2024 21:08:00 | East 28.03.2024 19:33:00 | Hawaii 29.03.2024 12:26:00 | |
South America | ||||
| 29.03.2024 05:56:00 29.03.2024 16:21:00 29.03.2024 17:57:00 30.03.2024 05:41:00 30.03.2024 17:45:00 31.03.2024 17:30:00 01.04.2024 17:12:00 |
LEOP Phase
The launch of SONATE-2 was planned with the Transporter 10 mission with a Falcon 9 for March 4, 2024 at 23:05 (CET).
SONATE-2 was successfully deployed from the launcher at approx. 23:59 (CET) on 04.03.2024. All important milestones up to the first pass are shown in the figure below. A Ticker of all events during the launch an LEOP Phase can be read up here:
Liveticker SONATE-2 LEOP (Link)
Simulation of the first 3 orbits of SONATE-2 after deployment. (Image: T.Neumann)
